[CT Daily] 12/29/2007 PINE GROSBEAKS

[Roy Harvey]

 From John Workman:
12/29 - Norfolk -- (ca. 9:45 to 10:45AM), Birds there most of that
hour, with some flying in and out of the treetops, a half dozen or so
lower in the crab apple trees, and a few also getting grit off the
roadside.   Not easy to count, but at one point there were definitely
17, including 5 males.
Winsted, Bunnel Road and Rte 182A -- 8 more Pine Grosbeaks (including
2 males).  This is the crossroads with the Colebrook Center Volunteer
Fire Department building.  Birds were in the tops of the pine trees,
on the wires, and in an old apple tree (with fruit) across the road
from the fire dept building. 

 From Sara Zagorski and Denise Jernigan:
12/29 - Norfolk, Shepard Rd -- 11 PINE GROSBEAKS at 9:05 am.

 From Allan Welby:
12/29 - Norfolk -- Pine Grosbeaks
Canaan, Under Mountain Road -- 10:30am, 4 Pine Grosbeaks at a field
south of Under Mountain Road, just to east of Barnes Road and stream. 

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
12/29 - Simsbury, Simsbury Town Park (soccer fields) -- 1 adult
NORTHERN SHRIKE.

 From Bob Bitondi:
12/29 - Pomfret Center, yard -- 9 Common Redpolls.

 From David Lawton:  
12/29 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1st year GLAUCOUS GULL (3:55).

 From Evan Ehrlich:
12/29 - Ledyard, Lantern Hill -- Two Northern Ravens

 From Peary Stafford:
12/28 - Washington, Macricostas Preserve of Steep Rock Land Trust --
approximately 150 SNOW BUNTINGS

 From Peary and BK Stafford, Olaf Soltau and Steve Paggioli:
12/28 - Falls Village -- 4 Black Vultures, 1 Eastern Phoebe

 From Pam Holden:
12/29 - East Haddam property, Millington Rd., (not far from Devil's
Hopyard State Park) - 2 COMMON RAVEN

 From Mark Aronson
12/29 - East Haven, Proto Drive - several Common Redpolls.
New Haven, East Shore Park, above the waste treatment facility --
still around are four NORTHERN ROUGHWINGED SWALLOWS; amongst various
ducks near the power plant waw a Northern Shoveler.

 From Joe Bear
12/29 - Wilton, yard -- COMMON RAVEN, a first for the yard.